Deposit and collection receptacle



Filed June 6, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet Invenfor .Z. aafwc By QM 2 Sheets-Sheet L. SOUTHWELL DEPOSIT AND COLLECTION RECEPTAGLE May 8, 1934.

Z Jae/7% we Q By a C a i M fltlomey Patented May 8, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in the class of invention known as deposit and collection receptacles, and more particularly to a novel milk bottle receptacle for domestic use.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a milk bottle receptacle which will require the deposit of an empty bottle before a full bottle can be extracted.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a milk bottle deposit and collection receptacle which, while having several features of advantage, will at the same time be of such simple construction as to permit its manufacture at low cost so that it can be readily distributed by the dairymen to their customers for use.

Other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a top plan View of the receptacle.

Figure 2 represents a vertical sectional view.

Figure 3 represents a horizontal sectional view.

Figure 4 represents a vertical sectional view of the receptacle taken on a line substantially at right angles to the line on which the sectional view, Figure 2, is taken.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that numeral 5 represents a cylindrical casing having an elevated bottom 6 and a top '7, the top being provided with the opening 8 therein through which full and empty milk bottles can be inserted and removed. This casing, defined by the cylinder 5, bottom wall 6 and top 7, has an insulating lining 9, as well as the cap 10. This cap 10 has a lock 11 which when used will lock the cap in a position over the opening 8, the cap 10 being on a pivot 11 (see Figure 1).

A pin 12 extends vertically through this casing, through the bottom wall 6 and top wall 7 and suitable stop means or limit means on this rod can be employed for preventing displacement. The upper end of the rod 12 has a knob 13 which permits the receptacle to be moved about, while the lower portion of the pin 12, within the casing, has a pair of jamb nuts 1415 engaging against the top and bottom sides, respectively, of the disk 16.

Mounted upon this disk 16 are the cylindrical shells 1718, each of which is provided at its lower portion with a vertically extending slot 19 through which the tongue 20 of the corresponding trip plate 21 can swing. This trip plate 21 has a pair of upstanding ears 2222 thereon through which the pivot pin 23 is disposed and journaled at its ends in the wall of the corresponding shell 17 Numeral 24 represents a tie member between the shells 1718, while numerals 2526 represent the elements of a series of stop means for the tongue 20. As is clearly shown in Figure 2, numeral 26 represents one element, of one unit, while numeral 27 represents the complementary element of the same unit, the element 26 having a beveled top 28 having its highest point opposite the post element 27 which, as shown in Figure 4, has a flange 29 having a notch'3O therein.

It can now be seen that the dairyman inserts a bottle, for instance, when the shell 1'7 is under the opening 18 and the weight of the bottle elevates the tongue 20 of the corresponding trip plate 21 to a position so that it will ride through the notches 30 and over the stops 26 to the position in which it is shown in Figure 4. The shell 17 will remain in this position due to the fact that the tongue 20 of the other trip plate 21 in the shell 18 has passed over the first of the stop elements 26 and because of the overbalanced position of the tongue 20, the same cannot ride through the notch 30 of the first post 2'7. There it must remain until an empty bottle is inserted into the shell 18 by the customer and then the disk 16 is free to be rotated by the knob 13 so that the customer can bring the shell 17 to register with the opening 8, where he can remove the full milk bottle.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that any number of the shells 17-18 can be employed, and that the device can be made of any shape, size and materials falling within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the claimed as new is:

A deposit and collection receptacle comprising a casing having a rotor therein, said rotor having a pair of pockets thereon to receive milk bottles, a trip plate rockably supported in each of the pockets, said casing being provided with a single opening under which one of the pockets can register, said trip plate having a tongue extending outwardly from the pocket, stop means in the casing positioned in the path of said tongue, said stop means consisting of a beveled lug over which the tongue can ride and an upright having a notch therein through which the tongue can ride when maintained in a position under the weight of a bottle.

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